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Straight-faced arguments can be made for some but certainly less than all of the above teams being ranked above Stanford.

Of course one should be careful in using the top 25 to complain about the top 25, though one would think the self-referencing would make it look better.

Going down the top 25, here are some teams I find ranked too high.

#5 Wisconsin 9-2
Bucky has a pretty good resume, I am just not sure that it is top 5 - best two loss team - ahead of a Power 5 one loss team good. It appears a major factor in this high ranking is an early season win over LSU.  In fact, many over-rated teams seem to be there because of beating LSU - I guess an important service LSU has provided to the rest of the football community. 
Otherwise, Wisconsin's non-conference schedule was Akron and Georgia State.
I think they also have received style points for relatively close (7 point) losses to Michigan and tOSU - which were decent results. 

#10 Colorado 9-2
It's not really rational, it's just that it's hard for me to think that a team that could only beat Stanford 10-5 back when we were playing that poorly could be in the top 10. We are the second best team they've beaten - they have us and WSU as signature wins.

#13 Florida 8-2
Rose 8 spots in the rankings by beating LSU. A theme.
That was their second win over a team with a winning record (UGa).

#16 Auburn 8-3
The SECers have seem quite taken with Auburn for some time now. Not sure why.
Their non-conference was a loss to Clemson, and games against Arkansas State, Louisiana Monroe, and some place abbreviated AAMU.
Their signature win seems to be ... LSU.

#21 Utah 8-3
The most notable thing about Utah is that they have the most hot and cold QB I have seen this year and the Jedi mind tricks they managed to pull on $C getting them to hand over the football three times to kill promising drives and punt for the first time in the game from Utah's 37 just in time for Dr. Jekyll to reemerge at QB to lead them on a desperation winning drive. That's their only notable victory.
They also won the Pac 12 scheduling lottery, playing only three of the well separated top six. Of those they won one, lost one, one left to go.
Not sure they should be ranked.

#23 WSU 8-3
The other winner of the in-conference scheduling lottery. Only play three of the top half, and one of those was Stanford at the nadir. They've gone 2-3 versus teams with winning records, and one of those wins was against 6-4 Idaho (and one of the losses was against and FCS school).
Still, they are probably ranked okay. Some of their wins were impressive and somebody has to fill the bottom range of the top 25.

25. LSU 6-4
Really.
I guess it was their signature win over ... Arkansas?

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Straight-faced arguments can be made for some but certainly less than all of the above teams being ranked above Stanford.

Of course one should be careful in using the top 25 to complain about the top 25, though one would think the self-referencing would make it look better.

Going down the top 25, here are some teams I find ranked too high.

#5 Wisconsin 9-2
Bucky has a pretty good resume, I am just not sure that it is top 5 - best two loss team - ahead of a Power 5 one loss team good. It appears a major factor in this high ranking is an early season win over LSU.  In fact, many over-rated teams seem to be there because of beating LSU - I guess an important service LSU has provided to the rest of the football community. 
Otherwise, Wisconsin's non-conference schedule was Akron and Georgia State.
I think they also have received style points for relatively close (7 point) losses to Michigan and tOSU - which were decent results. 

#10 Colorado 9-2
It's not really rational, it's just that it's hard for me to think that a team that could only beat Stanford 10-5 back when we were playing that poorly could be in the top 10. We are the second best team they've beaten - they have us and WSU as signature wins.

#13 Florida 8-2
Rose 8 spots in the rankings by beating LSU. A theme.
That was their second win over a team with a winning record (UGa).

#16 Auburn 8-3
The SECers have seem quite taken with Auburn for some time now. Not sure why.
Their non-conference was a loss to Clemson, and games against Arkansas State, Louisiana Monroe, and some place abbreviated AAMU.
Their signature win seems to be ... LSU.

#21 Utah 8-3
The most notable thing about Utah is that they have the most hot and cold QB I have seen this year and the Jedi mind tricks they managed to pull on $C getting them to hand over the football three times to kill promising drives and punt for the first time in the game from Utah's 37 just in time for Dr. Jekyll to reemerge at QB to lead them on a desperation winning drive. That's their only notable victory.
They also won the Pac 12 scheduling lottery, playing only three of the well separated top six. Of those they won one, lost one, one left to go.
Not sure they should be ranked.

#23 WSU 8-3
The other winner of the in-conference scheduling lottery. Only play three of the top half, and one of those was Stanford at the nadir. They've gone 2-3 versus teams with winning records, and one of those wins was against 6-4 Idaho (and one of the losses was against and FCS school).
Still, they are probably ranked okay. Some of their wins were impressive and somebody has to fill the bottom range of the top 25.

25. LSU 6-4
Really.
I guess it was their signature win over ... Arkansas?